Hoop fastening



. a. A. LE FEVRE AND H. HUTCHINSON.

1 HOOP FASTENING. APPLICAHON HLED APR. 2. 1921'.

Patented June 13, 1922,

G. A. LE FEVRE AND H. HUTCHINSON. HOOP FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2. 1921.

1A1 9 392 Patentedlune 13,1922.

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We 0% @01 amvmtoza curd] law" GEORGE A. LE FEVRE, 0F BIGI-IMOIE ID HILL, NEH/V YORK, AND I-IUBERT I-IUTCHINSON,

O1 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO PAXIELAT BARREL: 6: CRATE CORPO- BATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPQBATIGN 0F NEVJ YORK.

HOOP FASTENING.

Application filed April 2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Gnonen A. Ln F nvnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Richmond Hill, Queens County, New York, and Hnnnntr HUTorrINsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hoop Fastenings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to hoop fastenings such as are adapted for use in fastening the meeting ends of hoops or bands which are used on barrels, boxes, bales and the like. The object of our invention is to produce a very simple and inexpensive fastening which can be easily applied to the meeting ends of hoops, which will fasten them securely, and in such a way that there will be no slack, which is adapted to lie flat when fastened, and which can if desired be sealed so that it cannot be unfastened without breaking the seal.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a face view of the fastening firmly secured to one end of the hoop and in position to connect with the other end.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the free end of a hoop extending through the loop at the other end of the hoop.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the further development of the fastening act.

Figure 1 is a face view of the fastening when secured in its final position.

Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail. of a preferred form of clip forming a part of the fastening.

Figure 7 shows the clip with its arms doubled upon themselves, and

Figure 8 is a broken detail of the key which is used in looking the fastening device.

The drawings are by way of example, and show the hoop as applied to a package, as for instance a barrel. The hoop 10 can be an ordinary metallic hoop, and near its ends Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 458,038.

it has preferably holes 11 to facilitate sealing, as hereinafter described.

As a medium for connecting the hoop ends we use a clip 12 which is preferably shaped like the letter H, and which has oppositely projecting arms This clip, like the hoop, is of sheet metal, and it has a depression 14 in the middle extending in the direction of the hoop, and to facilitate sealing as hereinafter described.

In applying the fastening the clip 12 is preferably secured to one end of the hoop, as 10, and the other end is secured after being made taut, as presently described. One end portion of the hoop is laid flatwise upon the clip 12, the hoop is thrust through the loop or open link 15, then doubled back upon itself as shown at the left hand in Figure 1, and the underlying arms 13 of the clip are bent up and then forced downward firmly and flatwise upon the free end part of the hoop, binding it snugly to the body portion thereof, and leaving the link 15 projecting from the hoop end as shown in the drawing. The free end 10 of the hoop is then doubled back and down upon the two arms 13, thus completing the fastening of one end of the hoop, and leaving the other end as shown at the right hand in Figure 1. This free end of the hoop is then thrust through the link 15, and a key 15 applied, this having a slot 16 which straddles the free end of the hoop. By turning the key over and over the hoop end is wound thereon as shown in Figure 2, and can be drawn exceedingly tight. When it is sufficiently tightened it is bent back over the member of the link 15 as in Figure 3, is flattened down firmly, and the remaining arms 18 of the clip 12 doubled over upon the flat portions of the hoop as in Figure 4, the final free end 1O being doubled back upon itself and upon the members 13 as the drawing shows, and thus a fastening is made which is stronger than the body portion of the hoop and which lies perfectly flat. It will be understood that after the hoop is rolled up to tighten it by means of the key 15*, it is turned back and unrolled to permit of the foregoing movements.

In order that it may be clearly understood how the fastening is tightened, we have shown a suitable key in Figure 8 which has a universal joint 17 connecting with a shank 18 having a cross handle 19, so that the key can be applied easily to the middle part of the barrel, for instance, as well as to the end portions. Obviously the key can be of different construction without affecting the invention.

For many purposes the fastening as already described is complete and ready for commercial use, but in case it is desired to seal the fastening so that it cannot be unfastened without evidence of tampering with the package, a Wire 20 can be extended through adjacent holes 11 at one end of the hoop, then through the depression 14, and

out through other holes 11 in the opposite portion of the hoop, the ends of the wire being twisted together as shown at 21 in Figures 4 and 5, and provided with a seal 22. The seal is shown conventionally, and may be the ordinary lead seal of commerce, or any seal suitable for the purpose. It forms no part of this invention, but it will be seen that the construction of the hoop ends and clip 12 lends itself to easy sealing as described.

It will be seen that the invention is very simple, easily operated and applied, and actual tests have shown that the fastening is stronger than the body portion of the hoop. To unfasten it no particular tool is necessary, as the end portions 10 of the hoop can be turned back with a screw-driver or other implement, the arms 13 opened up in like manner, and the fastening released either at one or both ends.

We claim 1. A hoop fastening comprising a hoop, a generally H shaped clip adapted to underlie the hoop ends, and an open link to engage the hoop ends, whereby a hoop end may be thrust through the loop and bent back upon itself and the arms of the clip bent over laterally upon the doubled hoop end.

2. A hoop fastening comprising a metallic hoop having an open link secured to one end thereof, a clip secured to one end portion of the hoop behind the link and projecting beyond the link in the direction of the length of the hoop, said clip having projecting arms on opposite edges whereby the free end of the hoop may be drawn through the link, then doubled back upon itself, the arms of the clip bent over upon the doubled portion of the hoop, and the final free end of the hoop bent back upon the aforesaid bent arms.

3. A fastening of the kind described comprising a hoop having perforations in the end portions thereof to receive a sealing wire, an open link secured to one end portion of the hoop, a clip secured to said end portion of the hoop behind the link, said clip projecting beyond the link in the direction of the length of the hoop and having arms on opposite edges whereby the second end of the hoop may be drawn through the link, then doubled back upon itself, and the free arms of the clip doubled over upon the hoop body and awire thrust through the holes of the opposite end portions of the hoop.

4. A hoop fastening comprising a metallic hoop having perforations inthe end portions, a clip underlying the end portions of the hoop and having arms projecting from opposite edges, said arms being arranged in pairs and spaced apart, the clip also having a central depression, and an open link connecting the end portions of the hoop, said end portions being passed through the link, then doubled back upon themselves and secured by the aforesaid clip arms which are bent over upon the doubled portions of the hoop, the final ends of the hoop being also doubled back upon the bent arms, and the perforations and depression aforesaid being adapted for the receptionof a sealing wire.

GEORGE A. LE FEVER. HUBERT HUTGHINSO'N.

Witnesses WARREN B. Ho ronmson, M. G. ODONNELL. 

